Matthias Braun
Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun
Department of Geography
Professur für Geographie (Fernerkundung und GIS) (Prof. Dr. Braun)
Wetterkreuz 15
91058 Erlangen
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-22015
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-22013
- Email: matthias.h.braun@fau.de
- Website: http://www.geographie.nat.uni-erlangen.de/personen/matthias-braun/
Contact hours
on appointment
Curriculum Vitae
seit 2022 — Head Prüfungsausschuss B.Sc./M.Sc. Physical Geography as well as BA/MA Cultural Geography
since 2022 — Spokesperson of the International Doctoral Program “Measuring and Modelling Mountain Glaciers in a Changing Climate” within the Elitenetzwerk Bayern funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science & Arts
2015-2017 — Speacker Department Geographie & Geowissenschaften
2014-2016 — Head of Institut für Geographie, 2013/14 and 2016/17 co-head of insitute
since 2012 — Secretary German National Committee on SCAR /IASC, member of the SCAR Standing Scientific Group Physical Sciences
since 09/2011 — Professor for Physische Geographie (Remote sensing & GIS) at the Institut für Geographie, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg
2010-2011 — Associate Professor of Geophysics at the Geophysical Institute and Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA
since 2010 — Member of the TanDEM-X and Tandem-L Science Teams
2009 — Science award for Physical Geography of the Prof. Dr. Frithjof Voss Stiftung für Geographie
2009 — Habilitation at the Faculty of Math and Natural Sciences of the Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
2006 — DAAD Short-term lectureship at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya
2004-2013 — Chairman of the Special Interest Group on Land Use of the European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories (EARSeL)
2001-2010 — Scientific coordinator of the Center for remote sensing of Land Surfaces at the University of Bonn
2001 — Doctor of natural sciences at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Freiburg University
1990-1997 — Study of Hydrology at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg i Br.
Since 1994/95 — Head and participant of several Antarctic and Arctic expeditions as well as research expeditions in Alaska, South America, West- & East Africa, Himalaya & Karakoram
Publications
2023
- Gourmelon, N., Klink, J., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). Conditional Random Fields for Improving Deep Learning-based Glacier Calving Front Delineations. (Unpublished, Submitted).
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). Comparability of Deep Learning Techniques for Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. (Unpublished, Accepted).
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Klink, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). CaFFe - a Benchmark Dataset for Glacier Calving Front Extraction from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery. (Unpublished, Submitted).
- Herrmann, O., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Maier, A., Fürst, J., Braun, M., & Christlein, V. (2023). Out-of-the-box Calving Front Detection Method Using Deep Learning. (Unpublished, In review).
- Wu, F., Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Zhang, J., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2023). AMD-HookNet for Glacier Front Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61, 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3245419
2022
- Davari, A., Baller, C., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Pixel-wise Distance Regression for Glacier Calving Front Detection and Segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60, 1-10. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2022.3158591
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Calving fronts and where to find them: a benchmark dataset and methodology for automatic glacier calving front extraction from synthetic aperture radar imagery. Earth System Science Data, 14(9), 4287--4313. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4287-2022
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). Dissecting Glaciers - Can an Automated Bio-Medical Image Segmentation Tool also Segment Glaciers? In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly 2022. Vienna, Austria.
- Gurdiel, I., Rada, C., Malz, P., Braun, M., & Casassa, G. (2022). Glacier inventory and recent variations of Santa Inés Icefield, Southern Patagonia. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 54(1), 202-220. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2022.2071793
- Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2022). A Self-Trained Model for Cloud, Shadow and Snow Detection in Sentinel-2 Images of Snow- and Ice-Covered Regions. Remote Sensing, 14, 1825. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14081825
- Periyasamy, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2022). How to Get the Most Out of U-Net for Glacier Calving Front Segmentation. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2022.3148033
- Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Glazovsky, A., & Braun, M. (2022). Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010-2017). Cryosphere, 16(1), 35-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
- Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Glazovsky, A., & Braun, M. (2022). Brief communication: Increased glacier mass loss in the Russian High Arctic (2010–2017). Cryosphere, 16, 35-42. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-35-2022
2021
- Davari, A., Islam, S., Seehaus, T., Hartmann, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). On Mathews Correlation Coefficient and Improved Distance Map Loss for Automatic Glacier Calving Front Segmentation in SAR Imagery. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1-12. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2021.3115883
- Diener, T., Sasgen, I., Agosta, C., Fürst, J., Braun, M., Konrad, H., & Fettweis, X. (2021). Acceleration of Dynamic Ice Loss in Antarctica From Satellite Gravimetry. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.741789
- Dietrich-Sussner, R., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Christlein, V., Maier, A., & Rieß, C. (2021). Synthetic Glacier SAR Image Generation from Arbitrary Masks Using Pix2Pix Algorithm. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
- Döpper, V., Panda, S., Waigl, C., Braun, M., & Feilhauer, H. (2021). Using floristic gradient mapping to assess seasonal thaw depth in interior Alaska. Applied Vegetation Science, 24(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12561
- Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Global time series and temporal mosaics of glacier surface velocities derived from Sentinel-1 data. Earth System Science Data, 13, 4653-4675. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-4653-2021
- Gourmelon, N., Seehaus, T., Davari, A., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Tapping the Potential of Earth Observation - Calving Front Detection in SAR Images using Deep Learning Techniques. In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly 2021.
- Hartmann, A., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Bayesian U-Net for Segmenting Glaciers in Sar Imagery. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium IGARSS. Brussels, BE.
- Hochreuther, P., Neckel, N., Reimann, N., Humbert, A., & Braun, M. (2021). Fully Automated Detection of Supraglacial Lake Area for Northeast Greenland Using Sentinel-2 Time-Series. Remote Sensing, 13, 205. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13020205
- Holzmann, M., Davari, A., Seehaus, T., Braun, M., Maier, A., & Christlein, V. (2021). Glacier Calving Front Segmentation Using Attention U-Net. In Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (IGARSS). Brussels, BE.
- Malz, P., Sommer, C., Seehaus, T., Farías-Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2021). Global glacier surface elevation change and geodetic mass balance estimations. In Proceedings of the European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, EUSAR (pp. 652-654). Virtual, DE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
- Rounce, D.R., Hock, R., McNabb, R.W., Millan, R., Sommer, C., Braun, M.,... Shean, D.E. (2021). Distributed Global Debris Thickness Estimates Reveal Debris Significantly Impacts Glacier Mass Balance. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(8). https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091311
- Scheinert, M., Mayer, C., Horwath, M., Braun, M., Wendt, A., & Steinhage, D. (2021). Der Arbeitskreis "polargeodäsie und Glaziologie". Polarforschung, 89(1), 57-64. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/polf-89-57-2021
- Seehaus, T., Nambiar, K.G., Morgenshtern, V., Hochreuther, P., & Braun, M. (2021). Deep learning based F-Mask alternative for Sentinel-2 images in polar regions. In Proceedings of the EGU General Assembly.
- Shahateet, K., Seehaus, T., Navarro, F., Sommer, C., & Braun, M. (2021). Geodetic Mass Balance of the South Shetland Islands Ice Caps, Antarctica, from Differencing TanDEM-X DEMs. Remote Sensing, 13, 3408. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13173408
- Sochor, L., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2021). Increased Ice Thinning over Svalbard measured by ICESat/ICESat-2 Laser Altimetry. Remote Sensing, 13(11). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13112089
- Thomson, L., Brun, F., Braun, M., & Zemp, M. (2021). Observational Assessments of Glacier Mass Changes at Regional and Global Level. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.641710
- Wendleder, A., Schmitt, A., Erbertseder, T., D'Angelo, P., Mayer, C., & Braun, M. (2021). Seasonal Evolution of Supraglacial Lakes on Baltoro Glacier From 2016 to 2020. Frontiers in Earth Science, 9. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2021.725394
2020
- Farías Barahona, D., Ayala, Á., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Seehaus, T., Vijay, S.,... Braun, M. (2020). 60 years of glacier elevation and mass changes in the Maipo River Basin, central Andes of Chile. Remote Sensing, 12(10). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12101658
- Farías Barahona, D., Sommer, C., Sauter, T., Bannister, D., Seehaus, T., Malz, P.,... Braun, M. (2020). Detailed quantification of glacier elevation and mass changes in South Georgia. Environmental Research Letters. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6b32
- Farías Barahona, D., Wilson, R., Bravo, C., Vivero, S., Caro, A., Shaw, T.E.,... Braun, M. (2020). A near 90-year record of the evolution of El Morado Glacier and its proglacial lake, Central Chilean Andes. Journal of Glaciology, 66(259), 846-860. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2020.52
- Friedl, P., Fluhrer, A., Weiser, S., & Braun, M. (2020). Remote sensing of glacier and ice sheet grounding lines: A review. Earth-Science Reviews, 184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102948
- Lippl, S., Blindow, N., Fürst, J., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2020). Uncertainty Assessment of Ice Discharge Using GPR-Derived Ice Thickness from Gourdon Glacier, Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 10, 12. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences10010012
- Marderwald, E.R., Aragón Paz, J.M., Richter, A.J., Busch, P., Malz, P., Mendoza, L.P.O.,... Dietrich, R. (2020). Perito Moreno Glacier dam rupture - A recurrent natural experiment to probe solid-earth elasticity. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 104. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102904
- Meier, W., Aravena, J.-C., Jana, R., Braun, M., Hochreuther, P., Soto-Rogel, P., & Grießinger, J. (2020). A tree-ring delta O-18 series from southernmost Fuego-Patagonia is recording flavors of the Antarctic Oscillation. Global and Planetary Change, 195. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2020.103302
- Petsch, C., Costa, R.M., da ROSA, K.K., Vieira, R., Braun, M., & Simões, J.C. (2020). Hydrological development and phenology of lakes of the fildes peninsula – Antarctica Desenvolvimento hidrológico e fenologia de lagos da península fildes – Antártica. Geociencias, 39(2), 559-572. https://dx.doi.org/10.5016/geociencias.v39i2.14453
- Petsch, C., da Rosa, K.K., Vieira, R., Braun, M., Costa, R.M., & Simões, J.C. (2020). The effects of climatic change on glacial, proglacial and paraglacial systems at Collins Glacier, King George Island, Antarctica, from the end of the little ice age to the 21st century Los efectos de los cambios climáticos en los sistemas glaciales, proglaciales y periglaciales del glaciar Collins, isla Rey Jorge, Antártica, del final de la Pequeña Edad del Hielo al siglo XXI. Investigaciones Geográficas, 103. https://dx.doi.org/10.14350/RIG.60153
- Schneider, C., Braun, M., Schaefer, M., Grießinger, J., & Casassa, G. (2020). Editorial: Climate Impacts on Glaciers and Biosphere in Fuego-Patagonia. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2020.00091
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Soruco, A., Rabatel, A., & Braun, M. (2020). Mass balance and area changes of glaciers in the Cordillera Real and Tres Cruces, Bolivia, between 2000 and 2016. Journal of Glaciology, 1-13. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2019.94
- Seehaus, T., Morgenshtern, V., Hübner, F., Bänsch, E., & Braun, M. (2020). Novel Techniques for Void Filling in Glacier Elevation Change Data Sets. Remote Sensing, 12, 3917. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs12233917
- Silva, A.B., Arigony-Neto, J., Braun, M., Espinoza, J.M.A., Costi, J., & Janã, R. (2020). Spatial and temporal analysis of changes in the glaciers of the Antarctic Peninsula. Global and Planetary Change, 184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.103079
- Sommer, C., Malz, P., Seehaus, T., Lippl, S., Zemp, M., & Braun, M. (2020). Rapid glacier retreat and downwasting throughout the European Alps in the early 21st century. Nature Communications, 11(1). https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16818-0
- Stadelmann, C., Fürst, J., Mölg, T., & Braun, M. (2020). Brief communication: Glacier thickness reconstruction on Mt. Kilimanjaro. Cryosphere, 14(10), 3399-3406. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-14-3399-2020
2019
- Braun, M., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farías Barahona, D., Sauter, T., Casassa, G.,... Seehaus, T. (2019). Constraining glacier elevation and mass changes in South America. Nature Climate Change, 9(2), 130–136. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0375-7
- Farías Barahona, D., Vivero, S., Casassa, G., Schaefer, M., Burger, F., Seehaus, T.,... Braun, M. (2019). Geodetic Mass Balances and Area Changes of Echaurren Norte Glacier (Central Andes, Chile) between 1955 and 2015. Remote Sensing, 11(3). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs11030260
- Franke, A., Feilhauer, H., Bräuning, A., Rautio, P., & Braun, M. (2019). Remotely sensed estimation of vegetation shifts in the polar and alpine tree-line ecotone in Finnish Lapland during the last three decades. Forest Ecology and Management, 454. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117668
- Friedl, P., Weiser, F., Fluhrer, A., & Braun, M. (2019). Remote sensing of glacier and ice sheet grounding lines: A review. Earth-Science Reviews. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.102948
- Lippl, S., Friedl, P., Kittel, C., Marinsek, S., Seehaus, T., & Braun, M. (2019). Spatial and Temporal Variability of Glacier Surface Velocities and Outlet Areas on James Ross Island, Northern Antarctic Peninsula. Geosciences, 9, 1-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9090374
- Meier, W., Aravena, J.-C., Grießinger, J., Hochreuther, P., Soto-Rogel, P., Zhu, H.,... Braun, M. (2019). Late Holocene Glacial Fluctuations of Schiaparelli Glacier at Monte Sarmiento Massif, Tierra del Fuego (54 degrees 24 ' S). Geosciences, 9(8). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/geosciences9080340
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Farías Barahona, D., & Braun, M. (2019). Continent wide monitoring of glacier surface elevation changes and glacer mass balances. In Proceedings of 2019 Big Data from Space. Munich.
- Seehaus, T., Malz, P., Sommer, C., Lippl, S., Cochachin, A., & Braun, M. (2019). Changes of the tropical glaciers throughout Peru between 2000 and 2016 - Mass balance and area fluctuations. Cryosphere, 13(10), 2537-2556. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-2537-2019
2018
- Costi, J., Arigony-Neto, J., Braun, M., Barrand, N., Mavlyudov, B., Da Silva, A.B.,... Marques, W. (2018). Estimating surface melt and runoff on the Antarctic Peninsula using ERA-Interim reanalysis data. Antarctic Science, 30(6), 379-393. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102018000391
- Friedl, P., Seehaus, T., Wendt, A., Braun, M., & Hoeppner, K. (2018). Recent dynamic changes on Fleming Glacier after the disintegration of Wordie Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula. Cryosphere. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-1347-2018
- Fürst, J., Navarro, F.J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Huss, M., Moholdt, G., Fettweis, X.,... Braun, M. (2018). The ice‐free topography of Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(21), 11760-11769. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079734
- Grießinger, J., Langhamer, L., Schneider, C., Saß, B., Steger, D., Skvarca, P.,... Hochreuther, P. (2018). Imprints of climate signals in a 204 year δ18O tree-ring record of nothofagus pumilio from Perito Moreno Glacier, Southern Patagonia (50◦S). Frontiers in Earth Science, 6. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00027
- Jerosch, K., Pehlke, H., Monien, P., Scharf, F., Weber, L., Kuhn, G.,... Abele, D. (2018). Benthic meltwater fjord habitats formed by rapid glacier recession on King George Island, Antarctica. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A-Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0178
- Lippl, S., Vijay, S., & Braun, M. (2018). Automatic delineation of debris-covered glaciers using InSAR coherence derived from X-, C- and L-band radar data: a case study of Yazgyl Glacier. Journal of Glaciology, 64(247), 1–11. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/jog.2018.70
- Malz, P., Meier, W., Casassa, G., Jana, R., Skvarca, P., & Braun, M. (2018). Elevation and mass changes of the southern Patagonia icefield derived from TanDEM-X and SRTM data. Remote Sensing, 10(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs10020188
- Meier, W., Grießinger, J., Hochreuther, P., & Braun, M. (2018). An updated multi-temporal glacier inventory for the Patagonian Andes with changes between the Little Ice Age and 2016. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00062
- Seehaus, T., Cook, A., Silva, A., & Braun, M. (2018). Changes in glacier dynamics in the northern Antarctic Peninsula since 1985. Cryosphere, 12(2), 577-594. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-577-2018
- Vijay, S., & Braun, M. (2018). Early 21st century spatially detailed elevation changes of Jammu and Kashmir glaciers (Karakoram–Himalaya). Global and Planetary Change, 165, 137-146. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.03.014
2017
- Braun, M., & Vijay, S. (2017). Seasonal and interannual variability of Columbia Glacier, Alaska (2011-2016): Ice Velocity, Mass Flux, surface elevation and front position. Remote Sensing, 9(6). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9060635
- Fürst, J., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Benham, T., Dowdeswell, J., Grabiec, M., Navarro, F.J.,... Braun, M. (2017). Application of a two-step approach for mapping ice thickness to various glacier types on Svalbard. Cryosphere, 11(5), 2003-2032. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-2003-2017
- Rankl, M., Fürst, J., Humbert, A., & Braun, M. (2017). Dynamic changes on the Wilkins Ice Shelf during the 2006-2009 retreat derived from satellite observations. Cryosphere, 11(3), 1199-1211. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-11-1199-2017
- Wastlhuber, R., Hock, R., Kienholz, C., & Braun, M. (2017). Glacier changes in the Susitna Basin, Alaska, USA, (1951-2015) using GIS and remote sensing methods. Remote Sensing, 9(5). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9050478
2016
- Braun, M., & Vijay, S. (2016). Elevation change rates of glaciers in the Lahaul-Spiti (Western Himalaya, India) during 2000-2012 and 2012-2013. Remote Sensing, 8(12). https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs8121038
- Falk, U., Gieseke, H., Kotzur, F., & Braun, M. (2016). Monitoring snow and ice surfaces on King George Island, Antarctic Peninsula, with high-resolution TerraSAR-X time series. Antarctic Science, 28(02), 135-149. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000577
- Fürst, J., Durand, G., Gillet-Chaulet, F., Tavard, L., Rankl, M., Braun, M., & Gagliardini, O. (2016). The safety band of Antarctic ice shelves. Nature Climate Change, 6, 479-482. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2912
- Rankl, M., & Braun, M. (2016). Glacier elevation and mass changes over the central Karakoram region estimated from TanDEM-X and SRTM/X-SAR digital elevation models. Annals of Glaciology, 51(71), 273-281. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2016AoG71A024
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Skvarca, P., van Wessem, J.M., Reijmer, C., Seco, J.L., & Braun, M. (2016). Dynamic response of Sjögren inlet glaciers, Antarctic Peninsula, to ice shelf breakup derived from multi-mission remote sensing time series. Frontiers of Earth Science, 4. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/feart.2016.00066
- Thonfeld, F., Feilhauer, H., Braun, M., & Menz, G. (2016). Robust Change Vector Analysis (RCVA) for multi-sensor very high resolution optical satellite data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 50, 131-140.
2015
- Kluegel, T., Hoeppner, K., Falk, R., Kuehmstedt, E., Ploetz, C., Reinhold, A.,... Sun, J. (2015). Earth and space observation at the German Antarctic Receiving Station O'Higgins. Polar Record, 51(6), 590-610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247414000540
- Klügel, T., Höppner, K., Falk, R., Kühmstedt, E., Plötz, C., Reinhold, A.,... Sun, J. (2015). Earth observation in Antarctica – the German Antarctic Receiving Station GARS Oiggins. Polar Record, 51(6), 590-610. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247414000540
- Seehaus, T., Marinsek, S., Helm, V., Skvarca, P., & Braun, M. (2015). Changes in ice dynamics, elevation and mass discharge of Dinsmoor-Bombardier-Edgeworth glacier system, Antarctic Peninsula. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 427, 125-135. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.047
2014
- Arigony-Neto, J., Skvarca, P., Marinsek, S., Braun, M., Humbert, A., Wilson Mendes Júnior, C., & Jana, R. (2014). Monitoring glacier changes on the Antarctic Peninsula. In Kargel, J.S., Leonard, G.J., Bishop, M.P., Kääb, A., Raup, B.H. (Eds.), Global Land Ice Measurements from Space. (pp. 717-741). Springer.
- Manakos, I., & Braun, M. (Eds.) (2014). Land Use Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Praxis & Trends. Springer.
- Osmanoglu, B., Navarro, F.J., Hock, R., Corcuera, M.I., & Braun, M. (2014). Surface velocity and mass balance of Livingston Island ice cap, Antarctica. Cryosphere, 8(5), 1807-1823. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-1807-2014
- Rankl, M., Kienholz, C., & Braun, M. (2014). Glacier changes in the Karakoram region mapped by multimission satellite imagery. Cryosphere, 8, 977-989. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-8-977-2014
2013
- Moeler, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2013). Variability of the climatic mass balance of Vestfonna ice cap, northeastern Svalbard, 1979-2011. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 254-264. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG63A407
- Möller, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Scherer, D., & Schneider, C. (2013). Variability of the climatic mass balance of Vestfonna ice cap (northeastern Svalbard) in the period 1979/1980 – 2010/2011. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 254-264.
- Osmanoglu, B., Navarro, F.J., Braun, M., & Hock, R. (2013). Surface velocity and ice discharge of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 54(63), 111-119. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2013AoG63A517
2012
- Burgess, E.W., Forster, R.R., Larsen, C.F., & Braun, M. (2012). Surge dynamics on Bering Glacier, Alaska, in 2008–2011. Cryosphere, 6(6), 1251-1262. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-6-1251-2012
- Füller, H., Hübner, T., Braun, M., Glasze, G., Geiselhart, K., Haferburg, C., & Weber, F. (2012). Wissenschaftlich Arbeiten : Recherchieren, Produzieren, Präsentieren / Autoren: Matthias Braun, Henning Füller, Georg Glasze, Klaus Geiselhart, Christoph Haferburg, Thomas Hübner und Florian Weber. 3., aktual. Aufl. Erlangen 2012. Erlangen: Institut für Geographie.
- Goodwin, K., Loso, M.G., & Braun, M. (2012). Glacial transport of human waste and survival of fecal bacteria on Mt. McKinley's Kahiltna glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 44(4), 432-445. https://dx.doi.org/10.1657/1938-4246-44.4.432
- McNabb, R., Hock, R., O'Neel, S., Rasmussen, L., Ahn, Y., Braun, M.,... Truffer, M. (2012). Using surface velocities to calculate ice thickness and bed topography: A case study at Columbia Glacier, Alaska, USA. Journal of Glaciology, 58(212), 1151-1164. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/2012JoG11J249
2011
- Braun, M. (2011). Glacier frontal position changes of Vestfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard). Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, -. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00437.x
- Braun, M. (2011). Impact of climate change on the cryosphere of the polar regions Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Kryosphäre in den Polargebieten. Geographische Rundschau, 63(12), 12-19.
- Möller, M., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M., Hock, R., Jonsell, U., Pohjola, V.,... Schneider, C. (2011). Climatic mass balance of the ice cap Vestfonna, Svalbard - a spatially distributed assessment using ERA-Interim and MODIS data. In Journal Geographical Research. .: ..
- Möller, M., Möller, R., Beaudon, E., Mattila, O.-P., Finkelnburg, R., Braun, M.,... Schneider, C. (2011). Snowpack characteristics of Vestfonna and De Geerfonna (Nordaustlandet, Svalbard) - a spatiotemporal analysis based on multiyear snow-pit data. Geografiska Annaler Series A-Physical Geography, 93, 273-285. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0459.2011.00440.x
- Quincey, D., Braun, M., Bishop, M., Hewitt, K., & Luckman, A. (2011). Karakoram glacier surge dynamics. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. https://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049004
- Rückamp, M., Braun, M., Suckro, S., & Blindow, N. (2011). Observed glacial changes on the King George Island ice cap, Antarctica, in the last decade. Global and Planetary Change, 79, 99-109. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha
- Schneider, C., Scherer, D., & Braun, M. (2011). Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die Kryosphäre in den Polargebieten. Geographische Rundschau, 12, -.
2010
- Braun, M. (2010). Climate variability and Glacier response at Vestfonna – a case study of Arctic climate and glacier dynamics at Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) in recent years. In Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 112. (pp. 145-151). .: ..
- Braun, M. (2010). Dynamics of the ice cap on King George Island, Antarctica - field measurements and numerical simulations. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 80-90. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/172756410791392817
- Braun, M. (2010). Geometry and status of the King Georg Island ice cap, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 103-109.
- Braun, M. (2010). Ground and Satellite Based Assessment of Rangeland Management in Sub-Tropical Argentina. Applied Geography, 30, 210-220. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2009.01.006
- Braun, M. (2010). Support vector machines for multitemporal and multisensor change detection in a mining area. In Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium. (pp. -). Bergen: ..
- Humbert, A., Gross, D., Müller, R., Braun, M., van der Wal, R.S.D., van den Broeke, M.R.,... van de Berg, M.J. (2010). Deformation and failure of the ice bridge on Wilkins Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 55, 49-55. https://dx.doi.org/10.3189/172756410791392709
2009
- Braun, M., & Humbert, A. (2009). Recent retreat of Wilkins Ice Shelf reveals new insights in ice shelf break-up mechanisms. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2, 263-267. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LGRS.2008.2011925
- Braun, M., Humbert, A., & Moll, A. (2009). Changes of Wilkins Ice Shelf over the past 15 years and inferences on its stability. Cryosphere, 41-56. https://dx.doi.org/10.5194/tc-3-41-2009
- Waske, B., & Braun, M. (2009). Classifier ensembles for land cover mapping with multi-spectral SAR imagery. Isprs Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 5, 450-457. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2009.01.003
2008
- Braun, M., & Humbert, A. (2008). Wilkins Ice Shelf break-up along failure zones. Journal of Glaciology, 188, 943-944.
- Schellberg, J., Hill, M., Gerhards, R., Rothmund, M., & Braun, M. (2008). Precision agriculture on grassland: applications, perspectives and constraints – a review. European Journal of Agronomy, 29, 59-71. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2008.05.005
2007
- Braun, M. (2007). An object-based speckle filter using multi-sensor remote sensing imagery. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 2, 231-235.
- Braun, M. (2007). Estimation of crop yield by the combined use of optical and microwave remote sensing time series. In ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007. (pp. -). Montreux: ..
- Braun, M. (Ed.) (2007). Land Use and Land Cover Mapping in Europe. Application and Development. Bonn: ..
- Braun, M. (2007). Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover. In Application and Development. (pp. 28-30). Bonn: ..
- Braun, M. (2007). Random forests for classifying multi-temporal SAR data. In ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007. Montreux: ..
- Braun, M. (2007). Remote sensing data assimilation for regional crop growth modelling. In IGARSS’07 Symposium. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
- Braun, M. (2007). Remote Sensing derived glacier facies maps on Engabreen, Norway. In IAHS Publ. 138. (pp. 126-134). .: IAHS Publishers.
2006
- Braun, M. (2006). Determination of glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica). In Proceedings of the ESA FRINGE’06 Workshop. (pp. -). Frascati.
- Braun, M. (2006). Glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica). In IGARSS 2006. Denver: DInSAR.
- Braun, M. (2006). Monitoring of Land-use and Land-cover in North Rhine-Westphalia by Remote Sensing. Geographische Rundschau International Edition, 1, 50-55.
- Braun, M., Hock, R., Thorsteinsson, T., de Woul, M., Johanesson, T., & Halldórsdóttir, S. (2006). Firn layer impact on glacial runoff: a case study at Hofsjökull, Iceland. Hydrological Processes, 20, 2171-2185. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.6201
- Braun, M., Waske, B., & van der Linden, S. (2006). Random feature selection for decision tree classification of multi-temporal SAR data. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS). (pp. 168-171). Denver: IGARSS’06 Symposium.
2005
- Braun, M. (2005). Distributed mass balance modelling on Engabreen (Norway). Annals of Glaciology, 42, 395-401.
- Braun, M. (2005). Object-based speckle filtering using multisensoral remote sensing data. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. (pp. 89-98). Bruges: International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999.
- Braun, M. (2005). The potential of multitemporal and multisensoral remote sensing data for the extraction of biophysical parameters of wheat. In Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. (pp. 404-412). Bruges: International Society for Optical Engineering; 1999.
2004
- Braun, M. (2004). Synergetic use of remote sensing and soilborne data for regional yield prediction of malting barley (Hordeum vulgare L.). EARSeL eProceedings, 3, 347-353.
2003
- Braun, M. (2003). A comparison of various relative radiometric correction approaches for LANDSAT imagery. In IGARRS Symposium 2003. (pp. -). Toulouse: ..
- Braun, M. (2003). Mapping imperviousness using linear spectral unmixing of ASTER data in the Cologne-Bonn region (Germany). In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
- Braun, M. (2003). Regional Yield Forecasts of Maltic Barley by Remote Sensing Data and Ancillary Data. In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
- Braun, M. (2003). Remote Sensing as a tool to visualise land use change and to support environmental education. A case study of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) in the context of the local Agenda21 process. In Proceedings of the EARSeL Symposium Gent 2003. (pp. -). Gent.
- Braun, M. (2003). State-wide land use change detection using remote change. In SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe. (pp. -). Barcelona: ..
2002
- Braun, M. (2002). A new satellite image map of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). Polarforschung, 71, 47-48.
- Braun, M. (2002). Evaluation of GRFM JERS-1 SAR imagery for coarse-scale land cover classification in Benin (West Africa). In 2nd EAESeL SIG Workshop Remote Sensing in Developing Countries. (pp. -). Bonn: ..
- Braun, M. (2002). Glacial changes in the area of Admiralty Bay and Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. In GeoEcology of Terrestrial Antarctic Oases. (pp. 75-89). Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.
- Braun, M. (2002). The regional distribution of the dry snow zone on the Antarctic Peninsula north of 70°S. Annals of Glaciology, 34, 95-100.
2001
- Braun, M. (2001). Radar glacier zones and their boundaries as indicators of glacier mass balance and climatic variability. EARSeL eProceedings, 1, 317-327.
- Braun, M. (2001). The influence of large-scale circulation on surface energy balance on the King George Island ice cap. International Journal of Climatology, 1, 21-36.
- Braun, M., Simoes, J.C., Vogt, S., Bremer, U.F., Blindow, N., Pfender, M.,... Ferron, F.A. (2001). An improved topographic database for King George Island - Compilation, Application and Outlook. In Antarctic Science 13. (pp. 41-52). .: Cambridge University Press (CUP).
2000
- Braun, M. (2000). Characteristics of summertime energy balance along the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Annals of Glaciology, 179-183.
- Braun, M. (2000). Development of radar glacier zones on the King George Island ice cap, Antarctica, during the austral summer 1996/97 as observed by ERS2 SAR data. Annals of Glaciology, 357-363.
- Braun, M. (2000). Monitoring multi-year snow cover dynamics on the Antarctic Peninsula. Polarforschung, 1/2, 27-40.
- Braun, M. (2000). New eyes in the sky measure glaciers and ice sheets. In EOS 81. (pp. 265,270-271). .: ..
Book chapters and Proceedings:
- Arigony-Neto, J., Skvarca, P., Marinsek, S., Braun, M., Humbert, A., Mendes Júnior, C.W., Jaña, R. (2013): Chapter 33: Monitoring glacier changes on the Antarctic Peninsula. In: Global Land Ice Measurements from Space, J.S. Kargel, G.J. Leonard, M.P. Bishop, A. Kääb, and B. Raup (Editors), Praxis-Springer (Publishers), Heidelberg, ISBN: 978-3-540-79817-0.
- Loso, M.G., Goodwin, K., Braun, M. (2013): Glacial Transport of Human Waste and Survival of Fecal Bacteria on Mt. McKinley’s Kahiltna Glacier, Denali National Park, Alaska. Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/AKR/NRTR—2013/784. National Park Service, Fort Collins, Colorado.
- Hecheltjen, A., Waske, B., Thonfeld, F., Braun, M., Menz., G. (2010): Support vector machines for multitemporal and multisensor change detection in a mining area. Proceedings of the ESA Living Planet Symposium, Bergen, June 28 to July 02, 2010.
- Schneider, C., Scherer, D., Braun, M., Moeller, M., Kaesmacher, O., Finkelnburg, R. (2010): Climate variability and Glacier response at Vestfonna – a case study of Arctic climate and glacier dynamics at Nordaustlandet (Svalbard) in recent years. Nova Acta Leopoldina NF 112(384), 145-151.
- Braun, M. (ed.) (2007): Proceedings of the Second Workshop of the EARSeL Special Interest Group on Land Use and Land Cover. Application and Development. Bonn, 28-30 September 2006. http://www.zfl.uni-bonn.de/earsel/ws2006_bn.html, ISBN-13 978-3-00-020518-7.
- Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Remote sensing data assimilation for regional crop growth modelling. Proc. of the IGARSS’07 Symposium, Barcelona.
- Waske, B., Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Random forests for classifying multi-temporal SAR data. Proc. of the ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.
- Heinzel, V., Waske, B., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2007): Estimation of crop yield by the combined use of optical and microwave remote sensing time series. Proc. of the ESA ENVISAT Symposium 2007, Montreux, Switzerland.
- Moll, A. & Braun, M. (2006): Glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica) by DInSAR. Proceedings of IGARSS’06 Symposium, Denver, 2006.
- Moll, A., Braun, M. & Lluberas, A. (2006): Determination of glacier velocities on King George Island (Antarctica) by DInSAR. Proceedings of the ESA FRINGE’06 Workshop, Frascati.
- Waske, B., Schiefer, S. & Braun, M. (2006): Random feature selection for decision tree classification of multi-temporal SAR data. Proceedings of IGARSS’06 Symposium, Denver, 2006.
- Waske, B., Heinzel, V., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2005): Object-based speckle filtering using multisensoral remote sensing data. Proceedings SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, 19-22 September 2005, Bruges, Belgium, Vol. 5980, pp.89-98.
- Heinzel, V., Waske, W., Braun, M. & Menz (2005): The potential of multitemporal and multisensoral remote sensing data for the extraction of biophysical parameters of wheat. Proceedings SPIE Remote Sensing Europe, 19-22 September 2005, Bruges, Belgium, Vol. 5976, pp. 404-412.
- Braun, M. & Herold, M. (2003): Mapping imperviousness using linear spectral unmixing of ASTER data in the Cologne-Bonn region (Germany). SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
- Schöttker, B., Over, M., Braun, M., Siegmund, A. & Menz, G. (2003): State-wide land use change detection using remote change. SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
- Weissteiner, C.J., Braun, M. & Kühbauch, W. (2003): Regional Yield Forecasts of Maltic Barley by Remote Sensing Data and Ancillary Data. SPIE – Remote Sensing Europe, 8-12 September 2003, Almari Hotel, Barcelona, Spain.
- Over, M., Schöttker, B., Braun, M. & Menz, G. (2003): A comparison of various relative radiometric correction approaches for LANDSAT imagery. Proceedings of the IGARRS Symposium 2003, Toulouse.
- Schöttger, B., Over, M., Braun, M., Siegmund, A. & Menz, G. (2003): Remote Sensing as a tool to visualise land use change and to support environmental education. A case study of North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) in the context of the local Agenda21 process. Proceedings of the EARSeL Symposium Gent 2003.
- Thamm, H.-P. & Braun, M. (2003): Evaluation of GRFM JERS-1 SAR imagery for coarse-scale land cover classification in Benin (West Africa). Proceedings of the 2nd EAESeL SIG Workshop Remote Sensing in Developing Countries. Bonn, Sept. 2002.
- Braun, M. & Goßmann, H. (2002): Glacial changes in the area of Admiralty Bay and Potter Cove, King George Island, Antarctica. In: Beyer, M. & Boelter M. (ed.): GeoEcology of Terrestrial Antarctic Oases, Springer Verlag, 75-89.
Teaching
Information on the structure and modular concept of our teaching offer in the area of remote sensing and GIS can be found under the teaching section of this website. My current classes taught can be found in UnivIS.
Internships and studying abroad:
We maintain very close contacts to several research institutions nationally and internationally and have contact to companies via our alumni. We are happy to support you when searching for specific internship possibilities, in particular abroad,. please contact us on this specifically and provide information on thematic and methodological area of interest, proposed period, previous classes
Research
My current research focus is on remote sensing of the cryosphere with specific interest in changes of glaciers and ice sheets. In addition I can rely on a vast experience of land use cover change studies from my previous work.The activities of my group cover method development to derive cryosphere variables as well as large-scale and automated processing of time series and big data volumes. We integrate spaceborne, airborne and field observations from various platforms and instruments. As such field campaign are often a central part of our activities but not necessarily part of all projects. More information on our activities and running projects can be found on our group site.
Thesis work and doctoral studies
Theses works (Bachelor, Master, Zulassungsarbeiten):
We offer the possibility to carry out thesis work related to our research activities. Remote sensing and GIS are central tools for the analysis performed, but also literature topics for Bachelor and Zulassungsarbeiten are possible. Empirical works are mostly linked to our research activities and we aim at students to generate data sets that will and can be subsequently used in our projects. For master theses we often look for candidates performing precursor studies, implementing and testing new approaches. For latter, basic programming skills as we teach them in our classes are helpful.
For a list of current theses topics please contact me or my group staff Thorsten Seehaus, Johannes Fürst or Sebastian Feick.
List of running and competed doctoral projects:
- Antonia Warnstedt (running)
- Moritz Koch (running)
- Katrina Bartek (running)
- Philipp Malz (running)
- Jusé Luis Bueso Bello, DLR (running)
- Anna Wendleder, DLR (running)
- Dr. Christian Sommer (2022)
- Dr. David Farias Barahona (2021)
- Dr. Stefan Lippl-Seifert (2020)
- Dr. Peter Friedl (2019)
- Dr. Saurabh Vijay (2017)
- Dr. Sandra Skowronek (2017)
- Dr. Melanie Rankl (2016)
- Dr. Thorsten Seehaus (2016)
- Dr. Sebastian Feick (2013)